Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 179 The Curtain Call of the Zheng Family Marine Division

On February 27, the first year of Hongguang, the decisive battle between the navy of the new army and the navy of the Zheng army was launched in Jinshan Port.

Jinshan Port, like Liuluowan, is concave, except that Jinshan Port is upwards and Liuluowan is downwards.

Therefore, the north and the south make Kinmen Island look like a dumbbell.

Zheng Jun's navy, headed by Zheng Zhilong, was surrounded on almost three sides.

On the left is the Nan'ao navy led by Ye Dacheng, on the right is the escort navy led by Huang Hairu, and in the south is the new army occupying Jinmen Island. They bombarded the shore with artillery.

In particular, several Type 40 anti-tank guns and 105mm howitzers pose a great threat to Zheng Jun's ships.

After all, when shooting on the shore, the impact is much smaller, the range is longer, and the vision is excellent, with many targets.

The navy of the new army formed a line of battle and walked back and forth on both sides of the navy of the Zheng army, with the sound of cannons rumbling. Every time they went back and forth, there were many ships billowing with smoke in the navy of the Zheng army.

"A reward of 200 taels of silver for killing one person..."

"Sink an enemy ship, reward 10 taels of silver..."

"Kill Ye Dacheng and Huang Hairu, each rewarded with 100 million taels of silver..."

"Kill me..."

Zheng Zhilong roared frantically, raising the price of the reward again and again, which really played a role in boosting morale.

But after such attacks that were dazzled by interests were extinguished time and time again, many people also calmed down. After all, no matter how good the money is, it must be spent with life.

Even if it is really lucky to rush to the front of the new army navy and kill a few new army soldiers or sink a ship, it will quickly attract the anger of the new army, and it is almost impossible to live again due to crazy revenge escape back.

The effect of the heavy reward was greatly reduced. Zheng Zhilong immediately took the captains and killed them.

In this way, carrot and stick, Zheng Zhilong organized more than ten consecutive attacks, trying to break through Huang Hairu's defense.

Because what Huang Hairu is blocking is the way out, and the strength of Huang Hairu's troops is weaker than that of Ye Dacheng's.

However, Huang Hairu hadn't fought any battles before, so he had plenty of ammunition and could pour out crazily.

In order to save ammunition, Ye Dacheng could only fire while ensuring the accuracy as much as possible, so the intensity of the artillery fire was not as intensive as that of Huang Hairu.

But Zheng Zhilong had no choice, if he wanted to escape, the only way he could go was the road blocked by Huang Hairu.

Zheng Zhilong was completely blinded, if it wasn't for his subordinates, he would have personally commanded the flagship to rush forward to fight.

With a "boom", a shell came from nowhere and flew over obliquely, directly hitting the mainsail and passing through.

The mainsail turned half a circle violently, several of the ropes above snapped, and a big hole appeared in the lower left corner.

It's becoming more and more unsafe here, the lieutenant advised: "My lord, it's too dangerous up here, you'd better go to the cabin to take shelter for a while."

Zheng Zhilong's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared: "I can't rush through, it's useless to hide anywhere, just keep attacking, attacking..."

There was a loud "boom", as if it was exploding in the ears, a huge black mist mixed with fire rose from the stern of the flagship, and the people on the rear deck were blown away like pieces of paper.

The pieces of wood flew horizontally, the mizzen mast collapsed directly, the main mast tilted, the entire stern of the ship almost disappeared, and the fire spread rapidly.

Zheng Zhilong, who was at the bow of the ship, felt his body was pushed hard by a huge force, his body became unstable and he fell forward, and his head hit the bow of the ship with a bang.

Pain, dizziness, ringing in the ears.

He vaguely saw the lieutenant general staggering over from the port side and fell down, and vaguely heard someone shouting loudly: "My lord, my lord..."

He felt that someone lifted him up, and his consciousness gradually became blurred...

The war was still going on, but the Zheng army became more and more confused, the flagship was hit by the new artillery of the new army, and the news of Zheng Zhilong's death spread like wildfire.

Shock, trembling, and fear spread rapidly.

Surrendering, escaping, or continuing to be crazy, can't stop the strongest navy in the Ming Dynasty, so it's over.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, gunpowder smoke curled up, and the war that lasted for nearly a day finally stopped.

On the vast sea, there are boats that fluctuate with the waves, some are slowly sinking, some are burning, and more are flying white flags...

Ye Dacheng let the surrendered ship dock to Kinmen Island, and then surrendered to the new army on Kinmen Island.

As for those sinking and burning ships, we also tried our best to rescue supplies and personnel.

The new army has military rules for preferential treatment of prisoners, so even the wounded will be treated as much as possible.

The process of cleaning the battlefield lasted until late at night, but Zheng Zhilong was never found, no one was alive, no dead body was seen.

It wasn't until two days later that I learned that Zheng Zhilong was lifted off the flagship by his confidants after being injured and unconscious.

Then they changed into a small boat and headed north in the scuffle. They docked at Shijing Town, Zheng Zhilong's hometown, and fled all the way to Nan'an County.

The direction of Nan'an is the only road that the new army cannot block, but this road is not a waterway, but a land road. If you choose this road to escape, it means you have to give up the navy.

Because of this, Zheng Zhilong thought desperately to break through the waterway.

But with his serious injury and coma, his confidants only wanted to save his life, and as for the navy, they couldn't care less.

Those who made this choice, and those who were unwilling to surrender to the new army, landed in Shijing Town one after another, and then abandoned their ships and landed.

But there are not many of these people, less than a thousand in total.

As for the lucky ones who rushed past the new army's defense line, there were very few of them.

When Zheng Zhilong left Jinmen, he had more than [-] warships of various kinds, and he claimed to have a force of [-].

After the Jinshan naval battle, almost the entire navy was wiped out, and none of the ships escaped by chance, and most of them were small boats.

Because the boat is faster and unobtrusive, it is easier to escape.

The same is true for the personnel. The strength of the troops may be exaggerated, but there should be 5000 people. In the end, there may be less than 1000 people who escaped successfully.

When Zheng Zhilong woke up and found out that he was still alive, not only was he not happy at all, but he felt sad and ashamed.

The navy that Zheng Zhilong relied on the most is gone, and the entire Fujian sea area will be ruled by the new army in the future, and Zheng Zhilong's title of King of Fujian Sea can also be taken off.

Even the power of the sea is gone, isn't the word Minhaiwang a big joke?

He, Zheng Zhilong, started his career at sea, and losing his sea power now has almost cut off his lifeline. This kind of blow is unprecedented.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong seemed to have aged several decades, and the high spirits and strife he once had were gone forever.

For no reason, he thought of Shi Fu who was publicly beheaded by him a while ago, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

They both hated Shi Fu for not getting rid of Tangning, which caused today's incident, and also regretted the fact that Shi Fu was executed.

He, Zheng Zhilong, suffered such a disastrous defeat this time, wouldn't he be more damned than Shi Fu?
(End of this chapter)